# Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP: portfolio, investments and team > Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Apr 2014. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/apjohn-ventures-fund-lp (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP Last cheque observed Apr 2014. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $1.0M, Nov 2010 VC firm Seed Series A Life Sciences Follow Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fapjohn-ventures-fund-lp) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **4577** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$21M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 83%** Pitch Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP ## Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Venture and Debt: 50% of its rounds - 03 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Apjohn Ventures Fund is a new venture capital firm based in Kalamazoo, Michigan established to invest primarily in early stage life sciences companies across the Midwest. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Life Sciences - **Based in:** Kalamazoo, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2014** 1 round - **Apr** **[ProNAi Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/pronai-therapeutics)** Series D · US **$60M** With 8 others - **2012** 1 round - **Jan** **[CytoPherx](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytopherx)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$34M** With 9 others - **2009** 1 round - **Nov** **[Svelte Medical Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/svelte-medical-systems)** Debt · US · finsmes.com **$6.0M** With 1 other - **2006** 1 round - **Sept** **[RenaMed Biologics](https://millionrounds.com/company/renamed-biologics)** Venture · US · venturecapitalreporter.com **$40M** With 8 others - **2004** 1 round - **Dec** **[Zystor](https://millionrounds.com/company/zystor)** Series A · US **$8.5M** With 6 others - **2003** 1 round - **Nov** **[Asterand](https://millionrounds.com/company/asterand)** Series C · GB **$3.0M** With 4 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named** DP **Donald Patel Parfet** MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed MP **Mina Patel Sooch** MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed We also hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **5** of 6 we have independently watched raise [Asterand](https://millionrounds.com/company/asterand)[Kereos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kereos)[ProNAi Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/pronai-therapeutics)[Svelte Medical Systems,](https://millionrounds.com/company/svelte-medical-systems)[ZyStor](https://millionrounds.com/company/zystor) Afmedica Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Zystor](https://millionrounds.com/company/zystor)** Bought by BioMarin Pharmaceutical **$115M** Aug 2010 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$1.0M** raised in Nov 2010 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$21M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Apr 2014 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *2* - Debt *1* - Series A said *1* - Series C *1* - Series D *1* - Seed said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2003 2014 Often in the room with - [Capital Midwest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-midwest-fund) 2 - [Lurie Investment Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lurie-investment-fund) 2 - [North Coast Technology Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-coast-technology-investors) 2 **Pitching Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Capital Midwest** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-midwest-fund)[**Lurie Investment Fund** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lurie-investment-fund)[**North Coast Technology Investors** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-coast-technology-investors) ## Quick answers about Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP ### What does Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP invest in? Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP invests most often at Venture and Debt (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences. ### How active is Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2014. ### How big are Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP's cheques? The median round it joins is $21M. ### Does Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (83%) and the United Kingdom (17%). ### Is Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2014. ### Who does Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP invest alongside? Most often Capital Midwest (2 rounds together), Lurie Investment Fund (2 rounds together) and North Coast Technology Investors (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP? Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP is a VC firm based in Kalamazoo, United States. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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